Next Trustee Meeting

The end of this month will see the next meeting of the CiaO Foundation's Trustees. As part of that meeting nominations and applications for the next round of Primrose Award presentations will be discussed and finalised.

We at the CiaO Foundation firmly believe that from every Challenge there is an Opportunity. The aim of the Foundation is to help & support people to overcome challenges in their lives. We also want to recognise those who have successfully conquered their own challenges and are advising others on how they overcome them.

We provide Primrose Awards, which are the CiaO Foundation’s unique award scheme. The aim is to provide practical assistance (upon successful application) to nominated individuals in meeting challenges and seizing the opportunity from the experience. If you know someone that is experiencing particular challenge in their life then why not nominate them for a Primrose award, before the 29th of March 2017 to be considered for the next round of Primrose Award submissions.

Primrose Award Submission - Who Can You Nominate?

Individuals who:

Have overcome a challenge.

Are going through a challenge.

Have an idea, ambition or aspiration in finding an opportunity in challenge.

They have an idea, project or experience planned / currently running & aimed at tackling a particular challenge.

They have an idea or project that highlights the opportunity from a challenge.

You can read more on who and how to nominate someone you know to be facing a challenge at our website Click Here

Tom's Primrose Award

Tom is a young man who was nominated by the Cumbria Wheelchair Sports Club (CWSC) for a Primrose Award. This formidable 17 year old, has faced quite a few tough challenges in his growing life, having severe Spina Bifida, combined with recent major spinal surgery leading to low self esteem. All of this set Tom back quite a bit and he was at one stage about to give in and let his challenges beat him. Though, with the support of the CWSC he has excelled in the sport of wheelchair basket ball and, as a result, has been selected by Team GB to to train with their under 23 elite wheelchair basketball squad.

CiaO Media Manager in TRIple Fundraising Challenge

You may remember in last month's newsletter we mentioned one of our contributors was taking on a big and personal fundraising challenge. We can now exclusively reveal that Jamie McGhee, the CiaO Foundation media manager, will be taking part in 3 full triathlon's this year, with his Challenge Try A Tri, raising funds for us at the CiaO Foundation as well as two other fantastic organisations - Bristol Drugs Project and the Albert Kennedy Trust. Find Out More

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